a private company claiming they may have found the missing jet liner. is it possible crews have been searching in the wrong place? we are live with the latest. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is wednesday, april 30th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with a team leaving it on the court overnight. while you were sleeping, the los angeles clippers, they won game five of the playoff series against the golden state warriors. what a win it was. so important coming just out after the nbas unprecedented decision to ban the team's owner for life. the league telling donald sterling he can't have anything to do with the clippers anymore, no practices or nothing. he must pay $2.5 million fine for the racist comments he made. the league is forcing sterling

to sell. as for the players and fans, this decision could not come soon you have. stephanie elam was at the game in the middle of the drama at the staples center in los angeles. >> reporter: john and christine, the police department was out in full force before the game because they were afraid there could be a rally or riot. none of that happened. a small demonstration before the game. instead, fans showed up wearing clippers jerseys and wearing their support for the team and denouncing donald sterling. happy to hear he has been banned. before the game, doc rivers spoke. he said now his team can focus on basketball. >> i felt the pressure on my players, you know. everyone was waiting for them to give a response. i kept thinking, they didn't do anything. yet, they have to respond. so, adam responded.

i thought that was the sigh of relief that we needed. is this over? no, it's not over, but it's the start of a healing process that we need. >> reporter: back here inside, the crowd was electric. they will be by their side as this playoff series continues. john and christine, back to you. >> reporter: the win a few hours ago. it's fresh. let's bring in andy shoals. what was the reaction around the league to adam silver's announcement? >> the decision to ban sterling was met with a thunderous applause around the league. it was a no-brainer. roger mason jr. indicated, all the players were ready to boycott last night's games, all the games if they were not satisfied. the mercury news reported the warriors planned to walk off the court after tip off if silver did not drop the hammer on

sterling. none of that was necessary. everyone was happy with silver's decision. lebron james tweeted, commissioner silver, thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league. great leader. bigger and badder than basketball. magic johnson tweeted former and current nba players are very happy and satisfied with the ruling, adding let's hope the other 29 owners do the right thing. now, one of those owners, mark cuban weighed in after the decision was announced saying i agree 100% with the findings and the actions taken against donald sterling. the ball is now in the owner's court. a 3/4 vote will be required to force sterling to sell the team. commissioner silver expects to get the support he needs to make that happen. >> they have to take that vote. they need three quarters. he did not poll the owners yet. andy, do you have a sense of how big a relief it was for the clippers players last night?

>> you know, just watching it, it looked like a weight of the world was lifted off their shoulders. game four was a distraction. the fans were fully behind him. the clippers came out on fire. they had extra skip in their step. blake griffin throwing one down earlier in the game, really got the crowd going. the game was close. the clippers were able to pull out the win and cap off an emotional day for the team, coaches, players, everyone, the fans. they lead the series, 3-2 as it shifts back to oakland, 4-6. they really got the momentum back in this series. >> even when the sponsors said they were going to suspend their relationship with the team, they were going to sponsor the players. the advertising was for the players. they want to differentiate between sterling and clippers. thanks, andy. it's going to be another really dangerous day weather

wise for a big part of the country. heavy rain and flooding expected from the south to the northeast. with more wind, we could see a lot of problems for a lot of people. >> terrible flooding for some people. tornado warnings in part of north carolina. homes and trees torn up by winds. heavy, heavy rain nearby left roads and cars under water. flash flooding forcing police to rescue drivers from vehicles trapped in the water. the death toll in six states stands at 35 over the last two days. 15 of the fatalities in arkansas. today, families are picking through the rubble from the tornadoes and reflecting on how they managed to survive when their homes were leveled. >> five seconds after i come here. the walls did this. we watched the whole thing just

all around us. >> tennessee, this morning, pledging to rebuild after a powerful ef-3 tornado cause third-degree damage you are looking at. authorities say the tornado was two miles wide. it destroyed an elementary school, a big part of lincoln county does not have power right now. >> all i heard was a loud boom and we went to the window. it was shooting up like a geiser. it pushed a shed into a nearby street a day after three people were killed by a tornado in the northern part of the state. >> look at these pictures from pensacola, roads, parking lots covered in water. looking like lakes and rivers. people inundated there. at least one person drown. police are telling residents, stay home, if you can. whatever you do, stay off the roads.

we are hearing from a number of people saying the rain is falling relentlessly for a day. indra petersons is here. good morning. >> we are talking inches around mobile and pensacola. you can see the flooding in the region. we are talking rainfall rates as heavy as five inches an hour. that is bad enough in one hour. now, the last 24 hours, you can see the wind coming off the ocean. right around the gulf, we get the warm, humid air. it trains the thunderstorms for perio periods. 24 hours of heavy rain have already seen 11 inches. over eight inches expected. the rain is not in the southeast. it's into the northeast today. heavy rain already falling. looking for totals anywhere from two to five inches. that's one side. we are still talking about the threat of severe weather. 36 million people today south of d.c. down through florida are still looking for the heavy thunderstorms, potentially for

severe thunderstorms. that is the concern. another thing we are looking at, strong winds out there this morning, justing from 30 to 40-mile-per-hour. that's in play as we go throughout the day as the cold front slowly progresses to the east. you can see that. we are still talking showers for another day or so. good news, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. we are talking about it clearing by the weekend. cool in the northeast. notice behind the warm front, the temperatures are warming. tomorrow, seeing a huge jump into the northeast and temperatures cool behind it. it cools to normal as we go through the weekend. unbelievable. really devastating. >> five inches an hour? >> an hour. >> i have to say, yesterday morning, 24 hours ago, you were saying there's going to be a lot of rain in the southeast. >> more than we thought. >> thanks, indra. now to the possible new lead in the search for flight 370. a private company located

something in the bay of bengal. they say it looks like a plane. the images are an area thousands of miles from the current search zone and far away from the track authorities say the plane took when it plunged into the ocean. miguel marquez is live in perth, australia. why are authorities so skeptical of this plane? >> reporter: for two reasons, one, not only is it far away from where they are searching, but farther away from the track they initially thought the plane had taken, 1,000 miles from there. the other thing is the way the company is treating its information about the claims. look, it claims to have captured -- anna spoke to the company. we have a little more clarity on what the company is claiming. they received the images that found these different elements in the water in the concentrations that made it look

like a plane. these images were then analyzed by them. they won't say who that third party was that provided the images. they won't say what the technology is. this is the problem people in the field have, it is technically and physically impossible to detect titanium, aluminum and copper under the water. they believe the plane is between 800 and 1,000 meters down. that is extraordinarily deep. experts in the field say you can't do it under a little bit of water, much less that much water. the company is not willing to allow investigators or other experts to view their technology, but rather, they are saying this is where we believe it is. you malaysia, you australia, go find it for yourself. i think it puts investigators in a difficult position. the malaysians want to take it seriously and look into it. the australians saying, we believe we are on the right track here in the southern

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an arena jam packed with emotion. the l.a. clippers play late into the night after an historic play from nba leaders themselves banning the team's owner for life for his racist remarks. this morning, what is next for the team? when could a new owner be in place? we'll break it down live. >> severe storms barrel through the southeast. people waking up to neighborhoods destroyed left under water. this is not over yesterday. indra petersons is tracking what you need to know this morning. new questions this morning

in the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 after a company claims they have conducted their own search and found signs of the jet thousands of miles from where investigators are looking. we are live with the very latest. welcome back to "early start," everyone. 5:30 on the dot. i'm john ber man. >> i'm christine romans. the l.a. clippers are moving on and in a big way. winning game five of the playoff series hours after their owner was forced out over racist comments. >> effective immediately, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> the nba commissioner telling donald sterling he must pay the league $2.5 million and can't have anything to do with the team. he can't show up at games anymore. the league moves to force

sterling to sell the team he's owned since 1981. players fans and the coach calling it the right move. >> this last, you know, three or four days have been very difficult for everybody involved. no matter what the race is, it's been difficult. i felt the pressure on my players, you know. everyone was waiting for them to give a response and, you know, i kept thinking, they didn't do anything. you know? yet, they have to respond. and, so adam responded. and, i thought that was the sigh of relief that we needed. is this over? no, it's not over. but, it's the start of a healing process that we need. >> fans embraced the decision holding signs and pledging support for the players, demanding a new owner.

entertainment mogul said they are interested in buying the clippers. magic johnson, the subject of one of sterling's rants said he's not trying to buy that team. we have been talking to a lot of experts in sports investment banking. this could be worth upwards of $1 billion. sterling has not commented publicly. we are one saying they support the commissioners decision. >> i want to bring in andy shoals. give us an example of the reaction around the league. so many people glued to the announcement. >> the decision to ban sterling was met with thunderous applause around the league. the vice president, roger mason jr. indicated all the players were ready to boycott all last night's games if they were not satisfied with the punishment. the warriors planned to walk off

the court after the tip off if silver did not drop the hammer on sterling. of course, that was not needed. everyone was happy with silver's decision. lebron james tweeted commissioner silver, thank you for protecting our beautiful, powerful league. great leader, #leader of basketball. former nba players are happy and satisfied with the ruling, adding now let's hope the other 29 owners do the right thing. one of the owners, mark cuban weighed in saying i agree 100% with the findings and the actions taken against donald sterling. the ball is in the owner's court. a vote is required to force sterling to sell the team. commissioner silver says he expects to get the support needed to make it happen. >> how is that for the clipper's players? >> it looked like the weight of the world was lifted off their

shoulders. clearly a distraction for them. last night, the smiles were back. the fans were pulling behind them. blake griffin pulling down the tomahawk and getting the crowd into the game. it looked like the whole team had an extra skip in their step. the clippers were able to pull out the win and cap off what was certainly a very, very emotional day. they lead the series, 3-2 as it shifts back to open for game six. the thunder lost to the grizzlies in overtime. the spurs are struggling. the clippers are playing the best basketball in the western conference and could go to the nba finals. that would be impressive considering what they are gone through. >> there's thrilling basketball happening now. hopefully we can focus on that. andy, great to see you this morning, appreciate it. the other story developing overnight, dangerous weather hitting a huge part of the country, really, right now, with heavy rain, torrential rain set

to fall on millions of people from the gulf coast to new england. a tornado touched down in stedman, east of fayetteville. there could be a lot more rain and wind today. this is not over. after many cars and roads were left under water by flash flooding, police had to move in to rescue some from their cars. >> 35 people dead in six other states, including arkansas where 15 people were killed. families searching through what's left of their homes and remembering what it was like when the tornadoes hit. >> five seconds after i come here that the walls did this. we watched the whole thing all around us. >> the same story in southern tennessee. authorities blame an ef-3 tornado for this damage and the deaths of two people southwest of nashville. that twister destroyed an

elementary school. it ripped apart homes and businesses and left thousands without power this morning. >> all i heard was a loud boom. we went to the window. it was shooting up like a gieser. >> heavy rain caused the ground to drop creating a sinkhole you are looking at. the water moved a shed, moved it on a street nearby. this is a day after a tornado left three people dead. >> pensacola under water. take a look. torrential rains leaving roads like rivers. police are pleading for people to stay home this morning. pleading with them, do not try to drive in that water in pensacola this morning. that danger is there this morning. indra petersons is here with the forecast and what you need to know. >> you read my mind, turn around, don't drown. six inches of water is all it takes. two feet of water can carry away

a large suv. take a look at what's going on. seems like the rain never ends because the system tries to make its way to the east. the clouds are forming off the gulf. this is a six-hour loop. some are seeing five inches of rain in an hour. now, take a look at the 24 hour loop here. the moisture does not stop forming off the gulf. the wind is coming off the gulf. that's all it needs. it allows the thunderstorms to stay in place. it's spreading in the northeast. we are seeing the rain there. some of the heavier rain slots, over eight inches. we talked pensacola and mobile receiving 11 inches, maybe more. that's one side of the equation. the other is severe weather. we are talking slight risk south of d.c. down through florida. that means severe thunderstorms. especially as we go through the afternoon.

another thing adding to the equation, strong winds. travel delays could be out there. lasting through the afternoon. the system has been here so long slowly tries to exit offshore. it will eventually do so by the weekend. temperature wise, cold in the northeast. you can see the temperatures pop up. tomorrow, warm, more rain and clearing out and backing off for the weekend. turn around, don't drown, i can't say it enough. do not try to drive-through it. >> thanks. another story we are following this morning. officials in australia are dismissing the claim that a private company says they may have spotted malaysia airlines flight 370 deep below the bay of bengal. it's thousands of miles near the search zone where satellite indicates the plane went down. we are live in perth, australia this morning. miguel, officials are skeptical to say the leith. >> reporter: to say the least.

anna spoke to the company called geo resonance. we have a better idea what they are claiming. they did not capture the satellite by image or plane, they were provided to them by a third party. it was the processing that came up with the images they provided to the media, images of titanium picked up, alum numb and different elements picked up, they claim 800 to 1,000 meters beneath the surface of the ocean. experts say it's not possible. they don't know of technology that can do that. the company is saying this is proprietary technology developed during the soviet era and they don't want to let anybody, investigators, other experts in the field, they don't want to open the door to anyone seeing their technology.

the only thing they will say is we believe the plane is in this position here. you go find it. the australians believe they are searching in the right place. malaysia is open to looking at it. it's going to be really, really tough. >> they are stretched thin already. the bluefin is not in the water today with the water conditions too severe. great to see you this morning. inmate executions halted after a prisoner was left alive and shaking nearly 40 minutes after he should have died. what went wrong? after the break. so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three a's! amazing sales! he brings his a-game! la quinta inns and suites is ready for you,

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breaking overnight in oklahoma, new calls for a new approach to executions after a lethal injection went very, very wrong. he died of a heart attack 40 min its after being injected with the drug cocktail that was supposed to kill him. witnesses say he was talking for

some time after the injection and he was conscious. >> we began pushing the second and third drugs in the protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect so the doctor observed the line and determined that the line had blown. >> before they closed the curtain, he said, man. >> yes, he had full body upper movement. he was able to lift his head and shoulders from the gurney. >> struggling to talk, but those were the words he got out, man, i'm not and something's wrong. >> oklahoma called off a second execution for at least two weeks as it reviews its procedures. investigators trying to figure out a motive behind a shooting near atlanta. the gunman shot six people before turning on himself. he was armed like a soldier with ammunition draped across his

chest. >> i saw him standing there and the knife was on the ground. he dropped his knife. he had bullets strapped across his chest. he looked like he is heading into war. as soon as i saw him, i ran the other way. >> a couple loud pops. i thought it was noises. didn't think anything of it. somebody ran through saying he's got a gun, he's got a gun, run. that's when we ran. >> he had at least one molotov cocktail, which he did not use. four victims remain in the hospital, one in critical condition. a new law in tennessee could land pregnant women who use drugs in jail. the governor signed the law that makes it a misdemeanor if she uses illegal drug that is cause harm the unborn child. critics say women with issues theet treatment, not jail time. a judge says no to having to show id at polls. it puts an unfair burden on minorities and the poor.

they must seek approval on changes to the law. one calling it politically motivated. stocks are lower right now, the ceo of td ameritrade getting attention. a book did not scare investors out of the stock market. the online brokerage where americans trade stocks saw a record number of people trading. there's a surge of mom and pop investors getting into the stock market. americans are borrowing money to get into stocks. >> it's not a good sign, occasionally. >> borrowing to buy stocks sometimes makes them, sometimes it doesn't. >> only if you can afford it. all right, let's take a look alt what's coming up on new day. chris cuomo. >> only if you can afford to

lose it is what you mean. you are gambling. some people want it to seem like the stock market is fair. on new day, we are not taking that topic. there's a lot to talk about this morning. the new theory on flight 370. the headlines are taking us to the room you are looking at right now. a botched execution in oklahoma. it went terribly wrong. we are going to spare you the details, but what do they do next? how did they get it wrong? what is the debate about? do we want the death penalty, as long as it's nice? also, the nba banned the owner of the l.a. clippers for life. will donald sterling go quietly or fight it off? will the league be able to come up with the votes from the owners? we have reaction from the stars. nba greats will be here. we have isaiah thomas. a great discussion to have and

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this is after an important read on housing that shows the recovery in housing cooling. home prices are up 13%. first time home buyers are having a hard time finding homes for sale. walmart getting into the auto insurance business. autoinsurance.com let's them get rates. they are not selling directly, but they are promoting it. if you live in any of these states, you have seen the rollout. it's nationwide in the coming months. twitter is the stock to watch today. wall street ruled it a fail. twitter is gaining users. now 255 million people on the site. it's not gaining fast enough or growing fast enough and it's losing money. $130 million last quarter. the stock is down 9% after the close yesterday. so, watch that and expect it to be a rough trading day today.

>> real, real issues, it seems. >> the social media companies had a crazy year. >> huge profits, twitter investors can't crack the code with advertising. >> that is the conundrum. >> thank you for >> there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the affect. >> breaking overnight, an oklahoma execution goes terribly wrong. tin ma the inmate convulsing. all executions in the state halled as there's new debate about the death penalty. the clippers battle to a victory late last night. team owner suspended for life in the nba. players and fans cheering the call, but will he give up the team? new details this morning. the new theory that everybody is talking about.

we're going to take you inside the company that says it may have found the wreckage of flight 370. it's not where everybody is looking. >> your "new day" starts right >> your "new day" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. welcome to "new day." it's wednesday, april 30th. 6:00 in the east. oklahoma tries a new drug cocktail to kill an inmate but he winds up clenching his teeth on the table. the state of oklahoma delayed a second planned execution and now there's debate about whether the death penalty is okay. the man you're looking a, 38-year-old, clayton lock get did apparently died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes after he was injected. state officials blame, a quote, vein failure. pamela brown is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the inmate who died h